A nest for Celeste : a story about art, inspiration, and the meaning of home

Cole, Henry, 1955-

Book 2010

Celeste, a mouse longing for a real home, becomes a source of inspiration to teenaged Joseph, assistant to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon, at a New Orleans, Louisiana, plantation in 1821.

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